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    Dhoni, Raina guide India to Asia Cup final (AFP)

    Indian cricket team captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (L) and teammate Suresh Raina run between the wickets during the Super League Asia Cup match between India and Sri Lanka at National stadium in Karachi. India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the Super League match to reach the final of the Asia Cup.(AFP/Asif Hassan)AFP - Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Suresh Raina hit sparkling half-centuries to inspire India to the final of the Asia Cup with a six-wicket over Sri Lanka in a Super League match here Thursday.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:43:30 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Illegal migration from Africa to Yemen on the rise (AP)
    AP - More than 20,000 Africans have crossed the Gulf of Aden to Yemen this year, paying brutal smugglers who cram them into boats and often throw the weakest overboard, an aid group said Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:23:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    US denies instigating July 4 protests in Cuba (AP)

    A Soviet-made Chaika and Volga limousines are displayed at Bulgaria's national guard service parking lot in Sofia, July 2, 2008. Soviet-era limousines, which once drove communist leaders like Fidel Castro during visits in Bulgaria, will be auctioned in Sofia next week.  REUTERS/Stoyan Nenov   (BULGARIA)AP - A spokesman for the U.S. mission here on Thursday denied Cuba's charge that American diplomats were instigating opposition protests linked to American independence day.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:47:59 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Turkey's ruling party defends itself in court (AP)

    Pro secular demonstrators, holding portraits of modern Turkey's founder Ataturk, chant slogans during a protest in front of the city's police headquarters in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Turkish police have arrested two retired generals Tuesday on suspicion of plotting against the Islamic-leaning government as the rift between Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the defenders of the country's secular principles widened. Erdogan's government has been locked for years in a power struggle with secular groups supported by the military and other state institutions, including the judiciary. (AP Photo/Ibrahim Usta)AP - The deputy prime minister defended Turkey's ruling party in court Thursday against charges that it is steering the country toward Islamic rule.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:46:54 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Climate change: EU minister clear some hurdles on 2020 plan (AFP)

    French Ecology Minister Jean-Louis Borloo gives a press conference during the Informal Council of European Minister of Environment at the Saint-Cloud parc near Paris. European Union environment ministers cleared some ground Thursday as they debated how to achieve the vaunted dream of slashing the 27-nation bloc's carbon pollution by 2020.(AFP/Patrick Kovarik)AFP - European Union environment ministers cleared some ground Thursday as they debated how to achieve the vaunted dream of slashing the 27-nation bloc's carbon pollution by 2020.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:30:37 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Lesson learned, Poles get tough over US missiles (AP)

    U.S. Ambassador to Poland Victor Ashe, left, and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk prior to talks in Warsaw, Poland, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Poland's prime minister is meeting with the U.S. ambassador a day after officials said the two countries tentatively agreed to base American missile defenses in Poland. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz)AP - Not so long ago, the U.S. enjoyed something akin to a mythical status in Poland. Ronald Reagan was a hero, the dollar was king and Washington was a trusted guardian against Russia.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:21:11 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    G-8 meets amid calls to take on new members (AP)
    AP - The Group of Eight nations, holding their annual summit in Japan starting Monday, have always been a club for the world's biggest and brightest economies. Now a growing chorus is saying it's time the clubhouse doors swing open to some newcomers. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:27:48 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    After attack, Israeli Jews fear for security (AP)

    Israeli border police are seen outside the house of Palestinian Hussam Dwikat, 29, who carried out yesterday's attack in Jerusalem, at the family house in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Tsur Baher, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Dwikat plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead by security officers. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)AP - A day after a Palestinian construction worker's deadly rampage in Jerusalem, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Thursday called for reviving the practice of demolishing the homes of attackers' families, and his chief deputy proposed cutting some Arab neighborhoods off from the rest of the city.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 18:50:34 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    200 seek refuge at US Embassy in Zimbabwe (AP)

    Zimbabwean opposition party members are seen outside the U.S. embassy in Harare, Thursday, July 3, 2008. U.S. ambassador James McGee says about 200 people are seeking refuge at his embassy. (AP Photo)AP - About 200 Zimbabwe opposition supporters sought refuge Thursday at the U.S. Embassy in Harare amid new reports of violence against dissenters.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:53:26 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Freed hostage Ingrid Betancourt embraces children (AP)

    Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, center, holds the hands of her children Melanie, left, and Lorenzo after her children arrived from France to a military base in Bogota, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Betancourt, three U.S.military contractors and 11 other hostages were rescued by the Colombian military from rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, FARC, on Wednesday. Betancourt was abducted by the FARC when running for president in Feb. 2002.  (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)AP - Former presidential candidate Ingrid Betancourt embraced her children for the first time in six years Thursday, saying the thought of them helped her stay alive until a daring rescue plucked her and 14 other hostages from the jungle.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:29:50 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Former Australian FM Downer quits politics (AFP)

    Former Australian Foreign Minister Alexander Downer, seen here in September 2007, at a climate change conference in Washington, DC. Downer, one of the most visible supporters of US President George W. Bush's war in Iraq, has announced his retirement from politics(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)AFP - Former foreign minister Alexander Downer, who juggled Australia's historic ties to the West with its Asian ambitions for more than a decade, announced his retirement from politics Thursday.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:03:31 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    US businessman freed from Chinese jail (AP)
    AP - A Chinese-born U.S. citizen sentenced to 16 years in prison on what his supporters called false tax evasion and fraud charges was released on parole after serving more than half the term, a human rights group said Thursday. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:58:05 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    African Union calls for unity government in Zimbabwe (The Christian Science Monitor)
    The Christian Science Monitor - In its most strongly worded statement on Zimbabwe thus far, the African Union (AU) called on President Robert Mugabe to form a government of national unity – a power-sharing arrangement – with his chief rival, Morgan Tsvangirai. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Betancourt to travel to France (AP)
    AP - Rescued hostage Ingrid Betancourt says she will travel to France and meet President Nicolas Sarkozy now that she is free after more than six years of captivity among Colombian rebels. -- read full article
    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:03:19 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
    Iraqi government bans pictures in vote (AP)

    Onlookers gather at the site where a suicide bomber exploded a truck at a residential area outside Mosul. John McCain's campaign Wednesday raised the stakes ahead of Democratic White House rival Barack Obama's expected trip to Iraq, demanding changes to his plan for immediate troop cuts.(AFP/Mujahed Mohammed)AP - The Iraqi government has banned candidates in upcoming provincial elections from using pictures of people not running for office in their campaign materials.


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    Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:56:27 GMT - Yahoo! News: World News
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